II*Church · listed 1949Church of St Mary the VirginPhoto: Tom Jolliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ashhole Cavern · Photo: Jamieparton · CC0AHistory Grade
History of Brixham · Historic England
198 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade II*
Historic England counts them inside Brixham’s built-up area, 111 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 2 scheduled monuments. We have photos of 4 of its listed buildings and 5 old views of the town. 21% of its homes were built before 1919. Brixham grades A for history: #17 of 47 in Devon.
Listed buildings
198
111 per 10,000 residents
Grade I
0
exceptional interest
Grade II*
2
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
2
nationally important sites
Homes built before 1919
21%
typical UK town 15%
In pictures
Brixham in 11 photos and old views
Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed, and the town before 1950. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II* listed
Windmill Hill Cave, BrixhamScheduled monument
The Quayside Hotel (Part of)Grade II listed
Coastguard StationGrade II listed
Fishmongers Shop (Former Market House) Tourist Information CentreGrade II listed+6See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.
Through time
Brixham from 1890 to 1944
5 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.
c. 1890
c. 1890
c. 1890
1910
c. 1944Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.
The map
Where Brixham’s history is
Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.
Grade II*Scheduled monument
Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+
2 of 13neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 76% were built before 1919.
Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.
198 listed buildings by grade
0 Grade I2 Grade II*196 Grade II
Historic England lists buildings in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of all listed buildings), Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest (about 5.8%), and Grade II for buildings of special interest (about 91.7%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.
Every entry on the National Heritage List for England whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).
Grade II*
The 2 Grade II* listed buildings in Brixham
Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 1 is photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.
House · listed 1949Aylmer
Historic streets
The Drew Street and Milton Street have the most listed buildings
Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.
Drew Street9 listed
Milton Street9 listed
Higher Street7 listed
The Quay6 listed
King Street5 listed
Pring's Court4 listed
Middle Street3 listed
Temperance Place3 listed
Of the 198 entries, 65 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.
What’s protected
Most of Brixham’s listed buildings are homes
Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.
Houses, terraces & villas120
Walls, gates & bridges40
Inns, shops & warehouses15
Public & civic buildings9
Street furniture7
Churches, chapels & priories4
Memorials, crosses & tombs3
120 entries (61%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories.
Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.
Grade II
196 Grade II listed buildings
Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.
The first 150 of 196 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z
Angel CottageAylmer House Including Front Garden WallBaker's CottageBase of Windmill Approximately 7 Metres East of No 25Berry Head HotelBlack Cottage Guest HouseBoundary Stone Against South Garden Wall of the Battery at Sx 9374 5673Brixham Pottery Premesis of Wellhouse Pottery LtdBrixham Town Hall Market HallBrixham War MemorialBrookdale Including Garden Wall on Street FrontageBurton Court Including Front Terrace RailingBurton VillaCastle CottageCastor House and Castor StoresCemetery Chapel, Including Retaining Walls at Either SideChandlers CottageChurch FarmChurch of All Saints Including Front Churchyard Wall, Gates and Gate PiersCoach House 4.6 Metres North West of AlymerCoastguard StationCobblers Cottage (No 1A) and Front Garden Railing at No 1Corner HouseCrabbers CottageCrocus CottageCrown and Anchor Public HouseDovecote Base Approximately 45 Metres West of Eveleigh HouseDrake House Including Front Area Railings and ShoescraperDuke of Clarence Tablet on New PierEveleigh HouseFishmongers Shop (Former Market House) Tourist Information CentreFormer Stable Immediately North East of No 25, Greenover FarmhouseFormer Windmill in Garden of No 13Friars Pardon, Black House, Black Friars House Including Walls, Gates and PiersFront Garden Wall and Gate Piers at No 133Front Garden Wall and Gate to North East of Eveleigh HouseFurzeham Court House Including Garden Walls and GateGate Piers Approximately 35 Metres South East of Furzeham Court HouseGatehouse and Gates Approximately 20 Metres West North West of Church of St Mary the VirginGateway to Wolborough HouseGreenover Farmhouse Including Front Garden Walls, Gate, Pump and BarnGreenover OrchardGrosvenor HouseGun Battery Approximately 10 Metres West of the BatteryGun Battery Immediately North of Round Top (Not Included)Harbour View HotelHearthstone and Hearthstone East Including Front Garden Wall and Gate PiersHill House Nursing Home Including Front Wall and Gate PiersHm Coastguard Rescue Station Including Walls, Piers, Railings at Front ApproachK6 Telephone Kiosk at North West End of Eastern QuayK6 Telephone Kiosk in Centre of SquareKings HouseLime Kiln at Sx 9197 5583MarjonMayflower CourtMethodist Church Including Front Steps and RailingsMilestone at Sx 8846 5627Milton Cottage Including Front Garden WallMilton HouseMonument Approximately 30 Metres West of Berry Head HotelNo 12 Including Front Area Wall and RailingNo 2 Including Short Retaining Wall Abutting Left Side WallNo 60 Including Front Garden WallsNo 63 Including Laywell CottageNo 69 Including Front Garden Wall and Gate Pier at East EndNorton HouseNos 14-32 Including Front Garden Walls and RailingsNos 17 and 19 Including Front GardenNos 18 and 20 Including Gate Piers on StreetNos 2 and 3 Including Front Terrace Wall and GateNos 24 and 26 Church House Including Front Garden WallNos 25, 27 and 29 Including Building Adjoining No 29Nos 31, 33 and 35 Including Front Garden WallNos 36-42 Including Front Area RailingsNos 39-49 Including Front Garden Walls and RailingsNos 62 and 64 Including Front Area RailingsNos 69 and 71 Milton Street and No 1 Summer Lane and Garden Wall to RightNos 83 and 85 Including Front Area Walls, Railings and GateNumber 103 (April Cottage) and Numbers 105 and 107Numbers 5, 7 (Beams Cottage) and 9Numbers 81-87 (Old Beams Number 83 and Bakers Lodge Number 87)Nut Tree House, Including Front Garden WallsPair of Gate Piers at Entrance to Drive of Upton ManorParkham VillaParkham Wood HousePomeroy CottagePost Office the Post HousePound Cottage (No 24) and Pound House (No 26), With Front Garden Wall and GatePrince of Orange MonumentRanscombe Court (Terrace) Including Wall Along Ranscombe RoadRanscombe House HotelRea Barn HouseRetaining Wall on South East Side of Southern QuayRetaining Wall to Path Fronting Custom House Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Kelvin Court Retaining Wall to Path Fronting Nos 11-17 OvergangRock HouseRose CottageSampford HouseShipwreck Monument Approximately 40 Metres East of Church of St Mary the VirginSlipway and Hard, Brixham Outer HarbourSprat and Mackerel Public HouseSt KildaSunnybankSunparkTemperance Place StepsThe Bell Public HouseThe Bolton HotelThe Globe HotelThe Goat HouseThe Lodge and the Lilacs, Including Front Garden Wall and Gate PiersThe Manor HouseThe Maritime InnThe New Quay InnThe Old Custom HouseThe Quayside Hotel (Part of)The Rising Sun Public HouseThe Skipper Public HouseThor HouseTollgate HouseTorfrey, Including Front Garden Walls and RailingTrosbie Cottage, Including Front Garden Wall and Gate PiersTurnpike Stone on Inner Edge of Pavement, Under Old Fish MarketUnited Reformed Church, Including Schoolrooms, Front Wall and GatesUpton Manor Upton Manor WingVale HouseWalls and Quays on All Four Sides of Harbour Extending from New Pier to Kings QuayWaterloo House Including Front and Side Garden Walls, Railings and Gate PiersWatermans Arms Public HouseWeary Ploughman Public HouseWindmill CottageWolborough HouseYe Olde Coffin House1 and 3, Milton Street1, 2 and 3, Heath Road1, 2 and 3, St Mary's Road1, Market Street1, Paradise Place1, Pring's Court1,2 and 3, The Quay1,3 and 5, Church Street1-5, St Marys Square10 and 12, Temperance Place10, The Quay100-106, Drew Street109, 111 and 113, Milton Street11-14, Overgang110, 112 and 114, Drew Street12 and 14, Higher Street12, 14 and 16, Ranscombe Road127-133, Mount Pleasant Road14 and 16, King Street
Conservation areas
4 conservation areas cover 16% of Brixham
Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.
Brixham Town 197344 ha
Higher Brixham 197620 ha
Galmpton12 ha
No data available for publication by HE3 ha
80 hain conservation areas, of 513 ha inside the built-up area.
The first, Brixham Town, was designated in 1973; the newest, Higher Brixham, in 1976. 180 of the 198 listed buildings stand in one.
Historic England’s conservation areas layer, supplied by councils (incomplete in places, so a page fact, never graded). Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.
How the list grew
More than half of Brixham’s listed buildings were added in one year, 1975
The year each building now on the list was first listed.
1975 · 1361993 · 341949 · 19
19501960197019801990200020102020
The first 19 entries were listed in 1949. 136 came in 1975, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 1 has been added in the last 15 years.
Monuments & landscapes
Monuments, parks and gardens
Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.
2 scheduled monuments
Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.
History Grade
Brixham grades A for history
Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.
Protected heritage, for its size and in all (204 points, 114 per 10,000 residents)More than 84% of UK towns
Homes built before 1919 (21%)More than 63% of UK towns
Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.
Neighbours
Listed buildings in the places around Brixham
| Town | People | Listed | Grade I | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brixham | 17,839 | 198 | 0 | A |
| Dartmouth | 5,260 | 250 | 7 | A+ |
| Paignton | 67,509 | 207 | 1 | B+ |
| Stoke Gabriel | 1,340 | 16 | 1 | A− |
| Marldon | 2,073 | 13 | 1 | C+ |
| Torquay | 52,034 | 369 | 5 | A |
| Totnes | 9,217 | 314 | 6 | A+ |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 27 | 0 | B |
In brief
Brixham in brief
Per resident, Brixham has more listed heritage than 84% of UK towns. All told, the list holds 198 listed buildings, including Church of St Mary the Virgin. Drew Street alone has 9 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 4 conservation areas, the first designated in 1973.
Of the whole list, 61% are houses, terraces and villas. More than half went on the list in a single year, 1975: 136 of 198. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; Gus Huxford (1889) was born here before 1900; and it also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Questions about Brixham’s history
How many listed buildings are there in Brixham?
Historic England lists 198 buildings inside Brixham’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 2 Grade II* and 196 Grade II.
Which street in Brixham has the most listed buildings?
Drew Street (9), Milton Street (9) and Higher Street (7) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.
Are there scheduled monuments in Brixham?
Yes, 2 scheduled monuments, including Ashhole Cavern and Windmill Hill Cave, Brixham.
How many conservation areas are there in Brixham?
4, covering about 80 hectares of the town. The largest are Brixham Town and Higher Brixham.
When were Brixham’s buildings listed?
The first in 1949; the most, 136, in 1975.
Are there old photos of Brixham?
Yes: 5 public-domain photos and postcards from 1890 to 1944, all on this page.
How old are the homes in Brixham?
21% of homes were built before 1919 and 30% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The National Heritage List for England is the official, up-to-date register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England; check an entry on Historic England’s website before relying on it.
Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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